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VA paid out about $2.7 million in merit bonuses to SES executives in 2013. Bonuses for 2014 have been suspended.ÃÂ (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Politics

Veterans Affairs officials claim agency cannot revoke bonuses, contradicting earlier statements to congressional committee

Mark Flatten -

July 11, 2014 10:11 pm

Students of the Muthesius Art Academy stand around a bed for Edward Snowden in front of a Snowden poster in Kiel, Germany, in June. The academy wants to offer Snowden asylum symbolically to mark the one-year anniversary of the NSA whistleblowing. (Photo: Ruben Neugebauer/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images)

Immigration

Here’s what the company that vetted Edward Snowden for the NSA just got

Kelly Cohen -

July 10, 2014 5:34 pm

Business

2 companies that outsourced jobs got state money

Washington Examiner -

July 10, 2014 12:15 am

News

Improper payments by federal government top $100B

Stephen Ohlemacher -

July 9, 2014 8:33 pm

10-year sentence for ex-New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin

Kevin McGill -

July 9, 2014 3:15 pm

Foreign Policy

The U.S. has spent $626 million on embassy expansion it may not need in this country

Kelly Cohen -

July 9, 2014 10:00 am

This Tuesday, June 8, 2014 photo provided by the New York City Special Narcotics Prosecutor's Office shows Anthony D'Alessandro. The former pharmacy chief for Mount Sinai Beth Israel hospital in Manhattan allegedly stole nearly 200,000 oxycodone pills from the medical center over more than five years and has been charged under a state drug-kingpin law more often aimed at accused street dealers, narcotics prosecutors said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Special Narcotics Prosecutor's Office)

Business

Hospital pharmacist charged in theft of 200K pills

Jennifer Peltz -

July 8, 2014 9:31 pm

The Veterans Affairs Health Care Center in Harlingen, Texas. The Harlingen medical center ranked high on the list of the facilities with the longest average waits as of May 15 for new patients seeking primary care, specialist care and mental health care. (AP Photo/Valley Morning Star, David Pike)

Millions of tax dollars in ‘sordid’ bonuses paid to top Veterans Affairs administrators despite phony wait lists, patient deaths

Mark Flatten -

July 8, 2014 9:00 am

Business

Arizona utility to pay $3.25M for 2011 blackout

Washington Examiner -

July 8, 2014 2:42 am

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2014 file photo, Illinois state Treasurer Dan Rutherford is seen in the House chambers at the state Capitol in Springfield Ill. The Associated Press has learned that Rutherford fired three top administrators after an investigation by the treasurer's inspector general. Letters from Rutherford's office obtained by the AP indicate Patrick Carlson, George Daglas and Ashvin Lad were dismissed July 2, 2014. Each was dismissed for allegedly violating timekeeping policies and falsifying records. The letter to Carlson says he also violated rules against

Illinois treasurer fires 3 staffers

John O'connor -

July 8, 2014 1:21 am

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Tag: Follow the Money

Veterans Affairs officials claim agency cannot revoke bonuses, contradicting earlier statements to congressional committee

Here’s what the company that vetted Edward Snowden for the NSA just got

2 companies that outsourced jobs got state money

Improper payments by federal government top $100B

10-year sentence for ex-New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin

The U.S. has spent $626 million on embassy expansion it may not need in this country

Hospital pharmacist charged in theft of 200K pills

Millions of tax dollars in ‘sordid’ bonuses paid to top Veterans Affairs administrators despite phony wait lists, patient deaths

Arizona utility to pay $3.25M for 2011 blackout

Illinois treasurer fires 3 staffers

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